Internet Security News for End Users, Firewallguide.com, March 15, 2009

Patches & Updates

• Hacking iTunes Gift Cards, and an iTunes Update, Brian Krebs, Security Fix, Washington Post, March 12, 2009
• The long road to Reader and Flash security Nirvana, Dan Gooding, The Register UK, March 10, 2009
• Microsoft Patches Critical Windows Vulnerability in Graphics Device Interface, Brian Prince, eWeek, March 10, 2009
• FoxIT update defends against PDF peril, John Leyden, The Register UK, March 9, 2009

Reviews

• Norton 360 Version 3.0, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, March 13, 2009 -- Editor's Choice
• Hands On with VIPRE PC Rescue, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, March 12, 2009
• Secure Hard Drives: Lock Down Your Data, Nicole Price Fasig, PC Magazine, March 11, 2009
• Life insurance for your passwords: Legacy Locker, Rafe Needleman, CNet, March 10, 2009
• AppRemover 1.5, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, March 9, 2009
• 3 Free Anti-Spam Programs Reviewed, Joel Durham Jr., extremetech, March 4, 2009 -- SpamBayes, Mailwasher & SPAMfighter

How To

• Wi-Fi Superguide: How to Build the Ultimate Wireless Network, Zack Stern, PC World, March 11, 2009

The Feds

• Experts: U.S. needs to defend its "cyber turf", Robert Lemos, Security Focus, March 11, 2009
• Beckstrom Q&A: Cybersecurity official explains how he was hamstrung by NSA, Byron Acohido, The Last Watchdog, March 9, 2009

Privacy

• Google's Behavioral Ad Targeting: How to Reclaim Control, JR Raphael, PC World, March 11, 2009
• People Search Engines: They Know Your Dark Secrets...And Tell Anyone and People Search Engines: Slam the Door on What Info They Can Collect, JR Raphael, PC World, March 10, 2009
• How to Delete Accounts from Any Website, Eric Griffith, PC Magazine, March 7, 2009

International

• Cyber conflict? More like censorship, Robert Lemos, Security Focus, March 12, 2009
• More countries sign up for cybercrime treaty, Jeremy Kirk, techworld, March 12, 2009
• Kremlin-backed youths launched Estonian cyberwar, says Russian official, Dan Gooding, The Register UK, March 11, 2009

More Articles

• Latest Conficker worm gets nastier, Elinor Mills, CNet, March 13, 2009
• Microsoft-led Privacy Group Backs off Legislation, Robert McMillan, IDG News Service, PC World, March 13, 2009
• BBC team buys a botnet, DDoSes security company Prevx, Dancho Danchev, ZDNet, March 12, 2009
• Abuse of Google, Yahoo Search by Cyber-crooks Is Rising, Brian Prince, eWeek, March 11, 2009